16/07/2025 11:38, Dariusz Sosnowski: > Mark repr_matching_en device argument exposed by mlx5 PMD > as deprecated and schedule its removal in 25.11 release. > > Functionality exposed by this device argument does not fit > current E-Switch representor model exposed by DPDK. > A new unified representor model, described in > https://fast.dpdk.org/events/slides/DPDK-2024-07-unified_representor.pdf > should be developed. > > Signed-off-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnow...@nvidia.com>
The impact is very limited. There is no API/ABI breakage. The devarg is probably not used a lot. To be on a completely safe side, the devarg could continue to be accepted if a user set it at its default value. Still, announcing this is a good idea in case someone uses this. Applied, thanks.